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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Gossip Girl may be long over but that doesn’t stop us from
going head over heels for Mr Chuck Bass. The smirk, the slow dialogue delivery,
those scarfs and those four words – “I am
Chuck Bass”. Enough to make any girl weak in the knees. Its no surprize
that he managed to get the queen bee herself to fall madly in love with him. He
may have started out as a philanderer but as the series progressed his
character turned out to be one of televisions most loved. Though there is no
reason required to love Chuck, but there were a few moments in the series when
he just melted our hearts and made us collectively go Awwwwwww. While on the re
runs of Gossip Girl, I have nailed down some of his aww-worthy actions.

The time his father died in a road accident while on his way
to meet his stepmom Lily. Chuck, in the process of blaming Lily for his
father’s death paid huge amount of money to his father’s detective. The one who
had a big secret which even his father knew and was on his way to confront lily
about but insteaddied in the car crash. Having a full chance to tell her secret
to the world, Chuck chose to be a gentleman and at lily’s instance kept mum
about Rufus’s child that Lily gave up, years ago.

While on the verge of losing his dad’s business to the evil
Jack bass, Lily offered to adopt Chuck to become his legal guardian and hence
help him keep his father’s legacy. This did not go down well with the scorned
Jack Bass. He attempted to threaten and rape Lily but she was saved with
Chuck’s timely intervention. I love the look of extreme anger on his face in
this scene and well the mind-blowing blows. *sighs*

The best man speech at his father’s wedding to Lily was what
changed Chuck from a boy to a man. Now we will forget that towards the end of
the first season he stood up Blair and hobnobbed with some decorator. But his
words about love and forgiveness stole our hearts.

Playing the perfect friend and step brother Chuck helped Serena
coming out of the mess Georgina Sparks created. From holding her up at the
Palace to arranging a fake Serena to give her SATs. He did whatever was
possible to keep her safe including lying to not-very-amused Dan Humphrey. And
who can forget the iconic “let’s get the bitch” sentence he uttered in response
to Blair’s scheme for the final blow to evil Georgina.

According to an agreement clause in Blair’s cursed nuptial to
the Prince, she has to stay married for at least a year or pay a mind boggling
sum of money as dowry. Since the money would make the Waldorf‘s bankrupt, Blair
decided to stay married for a year. But Chuck wanted her freedom so on the cost
of Bass Industries he paid off Blair’s dowry in what can only be called as the costliest
romantic gesture ever.

The time is got Blair
her dream senior prom dress and made her the queen of Constance.

We all know Ms Waldorf had been planning her prom since she
was a little girl. Her dress, her makeup, her man just about everything. But
the time nearing her actual prom was not an easy one. So she was pretty excited
when a dress arrived exactly like the one she had in her scrapbook. She went
with the guy she had always dreamed of going with – Nate and also ended up
being crowned the queen of Constance.Chuck made her dream come true.Though her
minions schemed to de-throne her but it was chuck who saved her and put her
name in all the voting chits. Awwwww.

In order to accomplish his dream to be a part of secret
society in the crown of Ivy League, Yale he made sure not to betray his best
friend Nate. When the members wanted him to give Nate as a ransom, he gave them
poor Dan instead. Smart as he is, he also kept a blackmail material ready
capturing their escapades with the girls in the party thrown by him.

Even though madly in love with Blair, he let Blair have her
princess moment by not letting her breakup with Louis. It takes a lot of
courage for a deed like this and Chuck proved yet again what an incredible man
he is by this action.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

There are no two ways about the fact that online shopping is
a huge success. Garments, electronics, home decor, shoes - there is nothing
that people are not buying online. While most of stuff available on various
websites is more or else the same, what makes them different is the way they
market themselves, the offers they provide and how timely they deliver. Our
today’s covered startup - Tjori differs
not only in style of operation but also in the stuff they offer. Coming from
online shopaholic you have to trust me when I say that Tjori is like a breath
of fresh air. It speaks and pours Indian-ness to the core. It’s like love at
first click!

I must say that they have chosen their name very aptly because
shopping at Tjori is seriously like a treasure hunt. They have sarees, suits and kurti’s in all
popular Indian weaves like khadi, cotton,
chanderi, raw silk, bagalpuri silk.
Not just material, they have specialities from all across India. From kashmiri and Dogri suits to Chennai sarees.
Leather bags to kolapuri chappals. Kullu boots to beautiful hand painted
wedges. To complement each outfit they have beautiful traditional/tribal
jewellery. Not just retail, they have beautiful paintings and home decors. And
that’s not all, food is also a part of the trade. They offer healthy organic
food, bakery items and traditional Indian utensils as well.

We had a chat with Mansi Gupta, the brain behind this
awesomeness. Here’s what she had to say to our very many questions..

1. Tell us about
inception of Tjori?

The concept of Tjori stroke my mind when I was studying in
Wharton Business School especially when I understood the demand hand-crafted
products had outside India. During my stay at Wharton, we were taken to Morocco
on a trip and that is where I understood that the hand-crafted products were
actually expensive by the time they reached the end consumers.

It was may due to the traditional value chain. But, I wanted
to eliminate all those extra money and make sure that handcrafted products
should reach people easily and also at lesser prices. Also, since childhood, I
was passionate about hand-made items. So, Tjori was started as a platform to
make that Indian hand-crafted products reached USA without any hurdles and
later on as we grew, our focus grew too from just India to across the globe.

2. With so many
online shopping portals, what is that thing which separates Tjori from others?

Well, Tjori is a unique shopping experience which cannot be
found anywhere else. We have the best premium handmade products than others do.
Also, we have a unique sales model where we actually sell items for just 15
days. We bring in a product and display it on our website for 15 days what we
also call as event. The event runs for 15 days and people can buy during this
period. But, once the 15 days get over, we take down the product. It's a kind
of flash sales, we may think. This actually creates an urge of buying something
new and unique and people have different items every time.

3. We have observed
that you mostly have traditional and ethnic weaves, any special reason behind
that?

Well! Most of the items that we showcase could be from any
ethnicity but the qualifier for a product to be showcased is the fact that it
has to be unique, high on design and not easily accessible. It has to be unique
enough in terms of its design, origin or the story that goes behind the making,
inspiration for the collection et al.

4. What features do
you employ to achieve customer delight?

Customers are the centre point of our value system. We do
anything possible to ensure that they are happy and satisfied. We believe in
customer delight from the moment they come on the website.

5. Finally where do
you see Tjori five years from now?

Well, we want to be the Number 1 in the industry providing
our customers and members more offer and growing the ladder of success and
winning more and more hearts every single day.

I are really proud of Mansi and her team for bringing up
forgotten Indian weaves and traditional apparels mainstream. In a time when
everyone is running after similar and safer options, they have embraced an
untreaded path. Wishing them all the very best. Please check their www.tjori.com to feel that mitti ki khushboo.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Tell me about yourself? That’s one question that drives me crazy. Not that this post is going to help me answer this question. But yea, the different traits of my personality never fail to amaze me. It takes more than just hobbies and career to define us. Little things we love, the way emotions like anger and jealously affects us. These and numerous other things define the person we are. Though one cannot go on explaining these traits, it is still good to know them about you. I just happened to do the same and have listed some random traits and fact about me.

1. I am the revenge taking type. If someone just playfully hits or nudges me, I get back with a kung-fu action. This has caused a lot of wrath from people nearby.

2. I also maintain a highly efficient and fast processing database inside my brain. It comes in handy during a fight or argument when I do a fast query and come back with the data of how 4 years back the person had done something that can now be used against them

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About Me

I am an engineer by profession, an artist by nature and a self-proclaimed feminist.I love to find happiness in small things. I hate hypocrites.To sum up, I am simple,sensible, a bit idiotic,a complete foodie, hardcore perfectionist .. in nutshell a gem of a person :P